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PPT
Curated OER

The Tudors: Who, What, When and Why

For Teachers 6th - 8th
It may sound like the making of a daytime soap opera, but it isn't. It is a timeline that describes the many wives, struggles, kings, queens, and explorers that made up the Tudor Dynasty. You can click on the timeline to progress through...
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PPT
Curated OER

Problems of Henry VIII

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Henry VIII had a few problems. He wanted a divorce, he wanted the church's money, and he needed a son. What should Henry do? This presentation offers these problems as a task for your learners to solve. An activity based Powerpoint for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puritans Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine if the Puritans were selfish or selfless.  For this American history lesson, students read two Puritans documents, answer guiding questions on a worksheet, and use evidence from the documents to write whether the...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Elizabethan England To Glorious Revolution

For Teachers 5th
Students explore the development of England from 1500 to 1689 in this eight lessons unit. The various parts of history affected by both political and religious factors are synthesized in this unit.
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Website
Victorian Web

Brown University: Victorian Web: Religion in Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
The links provided show the different aspects of religion in 18th and 19th century England. The site also offers a timeline of religion and philosophy.
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Website
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides a detailed overview of role religion played in the lives of the colonists. Content explores how religion played a part in the Revolution, and the statute for religious freedom, as well as providing a lesson plan, a link...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Plymouth Colony Research Starters: Plymouth Colony

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is an online resource focused on the Plymouth Colony. The site hosts research starters concerning the life and times of the Plymouth colony.
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Website
Other

The Church of England: About Us

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site that offers current as well as historical information on the Church of England. It offers information about the organization of the Church, the heritage of the Church, its history, and several more aspects.
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Website
Other

Church of England

For Students 9th - 10th
Online home of the Anglican faith in England, with information about beliefs, practices, history, structure, governance, and related topics.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The New England Colonies

For Students 5th - 8th
New England colonies and society were very different from the Jamestown and subsequent Southern colonies. Find out the reasons the colonists had for founding the New England colonies.
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Activity
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Religion in Early Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This examination of religion in Virginia gives you an idea of where Anglicanism fit into colonial life there.
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Article
Other

American revolution.org: Sins of the Fathers: Religion and Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An academic essay describing the ways in which "religion is an active if not a determinative" cause for the American Revolution. The essay describes three influential areas: (1) religion and liberty, (2) religion and community, and (3)...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: 'Reason Is but Choosing': Freedom of Thought and John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From his politics and religious writings to "Paradise Lost", this article traces how the life and work of John Milton were guided by the principle of freedom of thought and how in doing so he challenged fundamental aspects of...
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Activity
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Pilgrim Fathers

For Students 9th - 10th
This very brief entry tells about the discrimination against the Pilgrims in England. Click on links below the article for information about the Pilgrims in the New World.
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Website
Other

Britannia History: Henry Viii

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes Henry VIII's six wives including details of each of the marriages and the Church of England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Brief description of the effect of his reign on England. Includes links to other sites on...
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Website
Other

Pilgrim Hall Museum: Who Were the Pilgrims?

For Students 9th - 10th
Pilgrim Hall defines "Pilgrims." They are sometimes known as "Separatists" or religious travelers.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Richard Hooker Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bartleby.com site offers text of two quotes by Richard Hooker (1874-1937 CE) from his major work, "Ecclesiastical Polity"
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Lesson Plan
National Archives (UK)

The Standards Site: History at Key Stage 3: Elizabeth I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site provides lesson plans and activities designed to engage learners in learning about the drama and history of the Elizabethan era.
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Website
BBC

Bbc Religions: Featured Religions and Beliefs: Church of England

For Students 9th - 10th
Compiled resources from the BBC about Anglicanism in England, with information on the history of Anglicanism, structure and governance, beliefs, worship practices, and similar topics.
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Activity
Other

Global Classroom: George Calvert: Lord Baltimore

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a short biography of George Calvert leading up to his coming to America.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Victorian Web: Charles Kingsley

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Charles Kingsley.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Victorian Web: John Henry Newman

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of John Henry Newman.